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Automated driverless electric minibus | Sohjoa Baltic - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Milla Hakkarainen)
3. Transport
3.5 Urban mobility
Sohjoa Baltic
Sohjoa - Baltic Sea Region transitioning into eco-friendly autonomous last mile public transportation

Public transport is not as flexible and accessible as private cars are in the Baltic Sea region. The project works towards increasing the attractiveness of public transport by improving offered services and introducing automated driverless electric minibuses, especially for the first and last mile of the journey. It proposes recommendations for environmentally friendly and smart automated public transport and guidelines on the organisational set-up.

View from above on feet, which stand on the road directly in front of a painted sign: a bicycle with attached power cable | BSR electric - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Panthermedia/Markus Mainka)
3. Transport
3.5 Urban mobility
BSR electric
BSR electric - Fostering e-mobility solutions in urban areas in the Baltic Sea Region

The project aims to enhance the use of electric vehicles in city transport systems such as public sector fleets, public transport and bike sharing in order to reduce CO2 emissions and pollution. The partnership of public authorities, business, academia and NGOs explores the potential of e-bikes, e-buses, e-ferries and other e-vehicles. The project guides municipalities and transport planners and operators as well as public and private fleet managers in integrating e-mobility into urban transport strategies.

3. Transport
3.5 Urban mobility
SUMBA
Sustainable urban mobility and commuting in Baltic cities

People living in the suburbs usually commute into the city centre by car. Offering an alternative combination of various transport modes, including bike and car sharing, is a way for cities to achieve a more sustainable, environmental friendly commuting system. The project helps urban and transport planners assess, plan, and integrate alternative mobility options into transport plans and policies of cities and municipalities.

City scene with focus on a traffic light | cities.multimodal - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Stefan Nozon)
3. Transport
3.5 Urban mobility
cities.multimodal
Cities.multimodal – urban transport system in transition towards low carbon mobility

The project wants to make it easier for people in cities around the Baltic Sea to combine walking, cycling, public transport and car-sharing as an environmentally friendly alternative to driving. The partners develop and apply an approach to sustainable urban mobility planning for such multimodal transport that is easy to adopt in other cities. It includes publicly visible mobility points and smartphone-based travel planning as well as a planners’ handbook and a toolbox to manage mobility.

3. Transport
3.5 Urban mobility
GreenSAM
Green Silver Age Mobility

Although a lot of cities in the Baltic Sea region are introducing green urban mobility solutions, the majority of senior citizens remains reluctant towards these alternatives. The GreenSAM project develops a toolbox of good practices and potential obstacles for the participation of seniors in the decision-making processes in green urban mobility. The toolbox applied by public authorities in Hamburg, Aarhus, Gdansk, Tartu and Riga enables to exchange knowledge in efficient involvement of seniors and increasing their acceptance of eco-friendly mobility services such as collective transport and ride-sharing.

3. Transport
3.5 Urban mobility
HUPMOBILE
Holistic Urban and Peri-urban Mobility

The HUPMOBILE’s objective is to provide a holistic approach to sustainable mobility solutions in cities and their perimeters. City authorities, infrastructure operators and transport providers are enabled to assess and integrate innovative mobility options into their mobility management plans and policies, e.g. concerning production and urban logistics, the use of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) solutions, and multimodality in urban transport and travel-to-work.

Automated driverless electric minibus | Sohjoa Baltic - a project of Interreg Baltic Sea Region (photo: Milla Hakkarainen)
3. Transport
3.5 Urban mobility
Sohjoa Last Mile
Sohjoa Last Mile - Baltic Sea Region transitioning into eco-friendly autonomous last mile public transportation

Sohjoa Last Mile demonstrates how to run automated shuttles without a safety operator in Kongsberg (Norway), Gdansk (Poland) and Tallinn (Estonia) in order to test, learn about and document lessons learned. Electric mini busses without an operator/driver can be a game changer for public transport carriers, as the costs for the operator of a vehicle can be up to 60 % of the entire costs. Such automated shuttles could promote change in urban public transportation, in particular by providing a solution for public transport users to drive the last mile, i.e. who need an additional connection between a station and their final destination.

3. Transport
3.5 Urban mobility
SUMBA+
Sustainable urban mobility and commuting in practice

SUMBA+ addresses the challenge of car-based commuter traffic causing among others congestion, high greenhouse gas and air pollution in cities. The projects supports the implementation of commuting master plans developed by the SUMBA project into practice. This includes further work on commuting master plans, providing data-evidence from transport models and lobbying for political and financial support on local, regional and national levels.